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A soft tap on the door announced the presence of someone wanting to come in.

[~echo~]

Jacob looked at the door. "Uh... who is it?"

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"Ignis." Her voice was hot, almost rage-filled, but something about her aura made Hewa grin.

"Come in!"

"I-" Ignis burst in, hands flying to her belly, fingers lacing over the fire-truck red of her dress corset. "Oh." She ducked her head, blushing.

"Jacob, will you please excuse us for a moment?"

[~echo~]

Jacob looked very embarrassed and rushed out of the room, closing it behind him. He thought over the words he'd been told in order to find his parents...

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Hewa knew. She hugged Ignis hard. "I'm glad for you."

"Thank you." Ignis hugged Hewa back and stepped away. "What's with the kid?"

"He just met the Divine."

[~echo~]

Jacob walked down the hallway towards his room and sat on his bed, breathing deep.

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Elena was in the kitchen, making dinner. She heard someone moving around and poked her head around the corner, looking into Jacob's room. She approached, her soft-soled, leather boots making no noise on the floor. She smiled softly. "Hey."

[~echo~]

Jacob looked up and offered a half-hearted smile. "Hi."

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She didn't ask him how it went. She didn't press him, didn't ask anything other than - "You willing to help me with dinner?"

[~echo~]

Jacob nodded. "Sure," he said.

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Elena was dressed in a high-low skirt, black knee-high boots, and a pale blue tank-top with a darker blue shirt over it. Her hair was braided, tossed over a shoulder for ease. She had a date. "Thanks."

And it wasn't with Jacob. Elena was trying to force herself not to love him, not to feel that connection between them. It wasn't really working. She turned and entered the kitchen again, stirring some soup. "Can you please cut pieces of bread? Six or seven should do."

[~echo~]

Jacob looked at her. "Okay... are you having a date or something?" he asked cautiously. He turned and started slicing the bread, his hands turning the originally planned six pieces of bread into twelve, thinner pieces.

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She replied in a voice that was just as cautious and guarded as Jacob's. "Yes, I am."

[~echo~]

Surprisingly, Jacob seemed just a touch envious. He nodded as he found a nice basket to put the bread in. "Well, all the best to you."

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Elena blushed. "Thank you." She as almost done with dinner, anyway.

[~echo~]

"What else should I do?"

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"Cut tomatoes for me?" She asked.

[~echo~]

"Sure, just slices?"

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"Yep, then we'll be done and I can go." She started to chop peppers, sliding them into the soup.

[~echo~]

Jacob got the tomatoes and sliced them with the knife from before.